News Archive - 2009

The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate
availability of PHP 5.2.12. This release focuses on improving the stability of
the PHP 5.2.x branch with over 60 bug fixes, some of which are security related.
All users of PHP 5.2 are encouraged to upgrade to this release.

Added "max_file_uploads" INI directive, which can be set to limit the number of file uploads per-request to 20 by default, to prevent possible DOS via temporary file exhaustion, identified by Bogdan Calin. (CVE-2009-4017, Ilia)

PHP London are pleased to announce the date, venue and registration availability
of their 5th annual UK PHP conference, building on the success of previous events
and accommodating the continual growth of the PHP community and PHP development
industry.

The event takes place on Friday 26th February 2010
at the Business Design Centre in the Islington area of London.
Information on the venue is available on our
website.

Registration is now available, with an early bird discount of £20
putting the price at £100 (ex. UK VAT), available for the rest of December 2009,
increasing to £110 during January 2010, whilst the standard £120 price is
available now (for those that wish to significantly contribute towards the running
of the conference) until either the event takes place or we run out of places - so
register
as soon as you can to get the best price and secure your place.

Feel free to create an
account on the PHP UK
Conference website at and sign-up for notifications of updates to the website.

The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate
availability of PHP 5.3.1. This release focuses on improving the
stability of the PHP 5.3.x branch with over 100 bug fixes, some of
which are security related. All users of PHP are encouraged to
upgrade to this release.

Security Enhancements and Fixes in PHP 5.3.1:

Added "max_file_uploads" INI directive, which can be set to limit the number of file uploads per-request to 20 by default, to prevent possible DOS via temporary file exhaustion.

Added missing sanity checks around exif processing.

Fixed a safe_mode bypass in tempnam().

Fixed a open_basedir bypass in posix_mkfifo().

Fixed failing safe_mode_include_dir.

Further details about the PHP 5.3.1 release can be found in the release announcement, and the full list of changes are available in the ChangeLog.

With its mixture of topics the International PHP Conference provides an ideal resource for all professionals and their successful daily routine within the whole PHP spectrum. Insights into current Web 2.0 technologies, Security, Best Practices for tools and components, Enterprise know-how, databases, architectures and more are presented at the International PHP Conference 2009.

More than 30 Experts explain current trends and demonstrate how to make the most of your code and your business. They will answer your questions not only in the 40+ sessions and panel discussions but also during personal meetings.

And for the very first time ever, on Sunday, 15th November, the PHP community will warm up with our free IPC Unconference. This is the place, where YOU decide about the sessions - just pick your favorite topics and get in touch with some of our speakers and other developers.

Make use of this opportunity and make yourself a part of the worldwide PHP community – at the International PHP Conference 2009.

On 24th and 25th of November you should not miss the lectures of the top speakers of the PHP Industry on Professional Software Development with PHP at Munich Conference Center.

10 international speakers offer you more than 20 hours of knowledge transfer in the topics "Development", "Tools & Technologies", "PHP 5 Certification", "TYPO3 Certification", "Search Engine Optimization" and "Design Patterns with PHP" on two days.

On November 24th, Pierre Joye from the PHP core team under Windows opens the congress with his keynote "PHP 5.3 and PHP 6". Amongst others topics include OOP, Web Application Security 2.0, SOAP in PHP and Zend Framework.

The 25th November is a workshop day aimed at expanding and deepening your knowledge in PHP 5 Certification, TYPO3 Certification, Search Engine Optimization and Design Patterns with PHP.

More detailed information is available on our websiteTwitter or in our group on Facebook.

The PHP Barcelona User Group is proud to announce that the PHP Barcelona Conference 2009 is here, and it is arriving bigger than ever! Two days, three parallel tracks of talks and workshops, and some of the biggest names and companies in the industry covering the hottest subjects to date.

Come to Barcelona (Citilab) to see Rasmus Lerdorf, Fabien Potencier, Derick Rethans, Sebastian Bergmann and many more open the hood and expose the secrets of PHP and PHP related technologies that make the Internet what it is today, and that power what the Internet will be tomorrow. Discover the newest evolution of the most popular scripting language and its intimate bonding with security, stability and scalability, and how its integration with cutting edge technology make it one of the most powerful and state of the art building blocks for robust applications.

The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate
availability of PHP 5.2.11. This release focuses on improving the stability of
the PHP 5.2.x branch with over 75 bug fixes, some of which are security related.
All users of PHP 5.2 are encouraged to upgrade to this release.

The Zend PHP Conference 2009 (ZendCon) is the largest event of the PHP
community and a unique opportunity to meet with PHP developers, web
experts and IT managers. This year's conference will be held
October 19-
22, 2009 in
San Jose, California. It will bring together developers
and business managers from around the world for three days of
exceptional presentations and networking events.

At ZendCon 2009, sessions will focus on creating, deploying and managing
applications that take advantage of the speed, scalability and
simplicity of PHP. To find out more about ZendCon, see the full session
listing, and register, visit http://zendcon.com/.

The PHP North West
Conference has announced its return for a second year, to be held
on Saturday 10th October 2009 in Manchester, UK. This is a one-day
conference aimed at developers from the local region and further
afield, with a deliberately low ticket price to ensure everyone who
wants to attend can do so. We combine experienced speakers with some
new local talent to bring an event that truly has something for
everyone and a great buzz.

The official conference is on the Saturday but there are social events
on Friday and Saturday and an informal schedule on Sunday, so come and
make a weekend of it with us in Manchester! All the venues are in
central Manchester and walkable from mainline public transport, so do
join us.

There is a call for papers which runs until 16th August 2009 and the
early bird ticket prices are fixed until September 10th. For more
information, to submit a paper, to buy tickets, or to contact the
organisers please visit the conference website.

So finally we are at the end of the
2009 PHP TestFest.
It has been an outstanding success with the
coverage increasing
by about 2.5% overall and 887 new tests contributed in the TestFest SVN
repository of which 637 have already been added to PHP CVS.

User groups from all
over the world have worked hard to make this happen and we thank
each and every one of you
for your contribution to PHP!
You really made a difference to the PHP5.3 release quality.

There still are few loose ends to tie up - the
TestFest SVN repository
will be closed for contributions later this week and the last few
tests will be moved into the main PHP repository. Finally, we have
10 elePHPants
and 9 TestFest mugs
to give out. The winners of mugs and elePHPants
will be drawn at random from a list of people who wrote tests;
the winner's names will be announced later this month.

For those that would like to continue to make a difference by
writing tests there are two options. You can simply continue by
submitting new tests to the QA mailing list,
or, if you have written a significant number of tests you might
consider applying for your own
PHP CVS (or SVN) ID.
In your application you should reference the tests that you have
written in support of your application.

Last but not least, we would like to thank all of the
companies and institutions that sponsored TestFest.
These include Combell, Corretgé, Faculdade Impacta de Tecnologia, IBM,
iBuildings, Itera, Mayflower, Microsoft, Nexen (Alter Way Group), php|architect,
Redpill-Linpro, Steinigke Showtechnic, Verges Council and Zend.

The Rio de Janeiro PHP user group is pleased to announce
their first PHP'n Rio conference. It will be held July 3rd, 2009 at the
Infnet Institute, in Rio de Janeiro. It is a
one day mini conference aimed on providing experienced developers and
beginners a chance to learn more about PHP frameworks, web
applications built in PHP, and the art of testing code.

The keynote speaker is Jan Schneider, who will also
talk about the Horde project. In addition, we will
have sessions about other frameworks and include a
PHP TestFest.

PHP'n Rio sessions go from 6-9 pm. Then the PHP TestFest follows up
until 10 pm. No fees or subscription required. Participation is entirely
free!

Whether you live here or are around just enjoying the marvelous city,
come and join us :) For more information, please visit
http://www.phprio.org/phpnrio09
(portuguese only).

The PHP development team is proud to announce the fourth release
candidate of PHP 5.3.0 (PHP 5.3.0RC4). This RC focuses on bug fixes
and stability improvements, and we hope only minimal changes are required
for the next candidate or final stable releases. PHP 5.3.0 is a newly
developed version of PHP featuring long-awaited features like
namespaces,
late static binding,
closures and much more.

Please download and test these release candidates, and report any issues
found. A stable release is expected next week . In case of critical
issues we will continue producing weekly RCs. Downloads and further
information is available at qa.php.net.
See also the work in progress
5.3 upgrade guide.

The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.2.10.
This release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.2.x branch with over 100 bug fixes,
one of which is security related. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to this release.

The PHP development team is proud to announce the second release candidate of PHP 5.2.10 (PHP 5.2.10RC2) and the third release candidate of PHP 5.3.0 (PHP 5.3.0RC3). These RCs focuses on bug fixes and stability improvements, and we hope only minimal changes are required for the next candidate or final stable releases.

PHP 5.2.10 is a pure maintenance release for providing bugfixes and stability updates. PHP 5.3.0 is a newly developed version of PHP featuring long-awaited features like namespaces, late static binding, closures and much more.

Please download and test these release candidates, and report any issues found. Downloads and further information is available at qa.php.net. See also the work in progress 5.3 upgrade guide.

CodeWorks 2009 is a series of two-day conferences for PHP developers and IT managers organized and run by the publishers of php|architect Magazine.

CodeWorks will travel to seven locations across the United States between September 22nd and October 5th included. Each two-day event includes a day of in-depth tutorials and a day of conference talks arranged across three different tracks, all presented by the best experts in the business.

These locations include:

San Francisco, CA (9/22-9/23)

Los Angeles, CA (9/24-9/25)

Dallas, TX (9/26-9/27)

Atlanta, GA (9/28-9/29)

Miami, FL (9/30-10/1)

Washington, DC/Baltimore Area (10/2-10/3)

New York, NY (10/4-10/5)

If PHP is your work, your passion or your hobby, CodeWorks is a great way to learn and connect with the greatest community of professionals in the world—and with prices as low as $99 and a generous discount program, a uniquely affordable opportunity for everyone.

Remember, each event is limited to 300 attendees and prices increase the closer we get to each event. Get your tickets today before we run out or the price goes up!

TestFest is upon us once again. For those who don't know, this is the
time of year where User Groups and individuals donate a little of their
time and effort to increasing the test coverage of PHP.

Hundreds of thousands of lines of code are working in concert to
assemble one of the simplest to learn and fastest running scripting
languages in the business. All this is achieved with the expectation
that very few bugs will make it into releases and the ones that do
will be stomped out quickly, efficiently and will never be heard from
again. This is a lofty goal and is only possible through a system of
tests designed to continuously evaluate the well-being of PHP.

This year the QA Team has been very busy implementing new features
and improvements to make the TestFest experience easier and more
enjoyable than ever before. Some these improvements include a
Subversion repository for test storage and tracking, a Virtual
Machine for simple test environment setup, and improved documentation
of testing procedures.

2009 is looking to be the most successful TestFest event ever. Over
20 User Groups spanning Belgium, Brazil, Catalonia, Canada, France,
Germany, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, USA and the UK
have already registered. This is an incredible response and we still
have 2 months left to go.

Getting involved couldn't be simpler. Visit the
QA TestFest page to
find out how you can organize a TestFest event in your community.
We are looking forward to seeing your communities tests being
committed into PHP.

The PHP development team is proud to announce the second release candidate of PHP 5.3.0 (PHP 5.3.0RC2).
This RC focuses on bug fixes and stability improvements, and we hope only minimal changes are required
for the next candidate (RC3).

Expect an RC3 in 2-3 weeks, although there will not be major changes so now is a good
time to start the final testing of PHP 5.3.0 before it gets released, in order to find
possible incompatibilities with your project.

Please download and test this release candidate, and report any issues found.
Downloads and further information is available at qa.php.net.
See also the work in progress 5.3 upgrade guide.

Tickets are now on sale for The Dutch PHP Conference 2009 and we want to invite
you to attend. This year's conference will be held from
June 11-June13, 2009.
DPC09, like it's predecessors, will be held in Amsterdam at the RAI Center. This
year we have expanded the conference to two days plus the tutorial day so that we
can deliver even more sessions, events and value for your conference budget.

Our speaker line up this year includes Andrei Zmievski, Marco Tabini, Derick
Rethans, Ben Ramsey, Michelangelo van Dam, and Paul Reinheimer, just to name a few.
This year's special keynote speakers are Andrei Zmievski and Owen Byrne as well as
a special closing keynote session by Marco Tabini, Ivo Jansch and Cal Evans. You
can see the full line up of speakers and sessions at
http://phpconference.nl/schedule/.

Early Bird pricing is in effect till April 30th, 2009. Save €55-€100 on ticket
prices if you purchase before the deadline.

For full details on DPC09 and information on how to order your tickets, visit the
conference web site at http://phpconference.nl.

Once again we are happy to announce our involvement with the Google Summer of Code project.
Be sure to check our program
at this years GSoC.

We invite everyone to look at the list of ideas for
this years GSoC, and get involved. Students are welcome to propose their own ideas, and we
will consider all applications that are received before the April 3rd deadline. So, thanks to
everyone involved and we look forward to seeing many students join us on this great adventure!

The PHP development team is proud to announce the availability of the first release candidate of PHP 5.3.0 (PHP 5.3.0RC1). This release marks the final phase in a major improvement in the 5.X series, which includes a large number of new features, bug fixes and security enhancements.

All users of PHP, especially those using earlier PHP 5 releases are advised to test this release as the final release of PHP 5.3.0 will eventually obsolete the 5.2 branch of PHP.

For users upgrading from previous PHP 5 releases there is an upgrading guide available here, detailing the changes between those releases and PHP 5.3.0.

Please also note that we are aware of issues surrounding float/integer handling in some edge cases (some of which have been introduced in PHP 5.2.0), as well as a crash bug in NSAPI, that will be fixed in PHP 5.3.0RC2. These issues however do not prevent wide spread testing of PHP 5.3.0RC1 as users can now rely on the feature set and implementation decisions no longer being changed.

The PHP development team would like to announce the immediate availability of PHP 5.2.9. This release focuses on improving the stability of the PHP 5.2.x branch with over 50 bug fixes, several of which are security related. All users of PHP are encouraged to upgrade to this release.

We are happy to invite you to this year's php|tek conference, to be held May 19-22, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois, and hosted (as always) by the folks at php|architect.

Join us to hear talks and tutorials on a variety of PHP subjects from PHP experts such as Ed Finkler, Sara Golemon, Chris Shiflett, Sebastian Bergmann, Derick Rethans, Stefan Priebsch, Christian Wenz and our mid-conference keynote by Andrei Zmievski on PHP6. You can see the full schedule at http://tek.mtacon.com/c/schedule - we guarantee you won't be disappointed.

This year we are also happy to invite you to our Unconference and Hack-a-thon which will be held in the early evenings, separate from the main schedule. You'll have a great time and won't miss a thing! This, coupled with our entertaining evening events and multiple networking opportunities will prove to make your trip to the conference an educational and memorable one!

Early bird pricing is in effect until February 28, 2009 so hurry to take advantage of this offer before it's too late!

For details on the conference, including registration and hotel information, please visit us at http://tek.mtacon.com/.

The seventh edition of the PHP Quebec Conference will take place in a few days,
between March 4th and 6th, 2009. It will be held in Montreal, Canada.

Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to learn more on latest development
techniques with PHP, RIA, Frameworks and project management. Meet with PHP
Community leaders such as: Zeev Suraski, Chris Shiflett, Andrei Zmievski,
Sara Golemon, John Coggeshall and many more.

With over 55 technical talks, 35 international speakers and multiple networking
activities you are guaranteed to take your career one step ahead in a friendly
environment.